Summary of the poem the long way home why the poet takes the long way home
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"A Long Way Home" by Saroo Brierly is a memoir which follows the life Saroo from his childhood in India to his journey into adulthood. The story begins in a small town in India which Saroo remembers as Ginestlay where he lives in a tiny house in a poor part of the town with his single mother Kamla, two older brothers Guddu and Kallu and his baby sister Shekila. His mother was a Hindu and his father a Muslim which resulted in his family not being accepted in either part of their town. His father left when he was very young and remarried with a different woman. During the day Saroo's mother would go to work at building sites where she would move heavy rocks and stones all day to support their family. His brothers would also go out looking for work although they were only 14 and 12. They would provide for the family through whatever means necessary which often meant begging or even stealing. Saroo would stay at home and take care of his baby sister. Even with his mom and brothers working their family was very poor and often went hungry.
One night when Saroo was only five years old he begs his older brother Guddu to join him on a trip to a nearby town. Guddu is hesitant but finally agrees to let him come along. They sneak on a train together to a town called "Burampur". When they got there, Saroo was very sleepy so Guddu told him to nap on a bench at the train station while he went around the town on a few errands. When Saroo woke up Guddu was no longer there. Saroo sees the train with open doors and assumes that his brother must have gotten on it. When he goes to check inside the train car he finds it empty and decided to wait for his brother on the train. He falls asleep on the seat and when he wakes up realizes that he is still alone in the car and that the train is moving. He begins to cry and scream for help but no one can hear him and he is all alone. Eventually exhausting himself, he falls asleep again and upon waking up finds himself at another train station which is in Calcutta.
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